The Maple Hill Lacrosse team recently spent their practice time practicing giving back. 

Painting the Castleton Volunteer Ambulance garage is just a start.

"We want to give back to the community," said Lacrosse Coach Kyle  Randall. "The Maple Hill Community did so much for the boys to get this team started.

My Valentine

'My Valentine': Johnny Depp & Natalie Portman Star In Paul McCartney-Directed Video (EXCLUSIVE) 

Paul McCartney is fast approaching the ripe age of 70, but the former Beatle and British knight is showing no signs of slowing down. Late Friday night in Los Angeles, McCartney premiered the video for "My Valentine," featuring some unknown extras by the name of Johnny Depp and Natalie Portman.

Village of Castleton

A water main break has disrupted water service in the Village.  The crew is hard a work trying to restore service.  Hang tight residents, the boys are on the scene!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Release:  

EPA Reaches Agreement with General Electric Company and SI Group, Inc. to Protect Drinking Water at the Dewey Loeffel Landfill Superfund Site in Nassau, New York 

Financial Planning Seminar

Tuesday, April 10th @ 6 PM at the Castleton Public Library
 
During the peak earning years of life we often set aside assets that are earmarked to provide for our retirement needs.

Schodack Democrats Scholarship

Press Release - Upcoming Deadline 

 

Schodack Democrats will be awarding two $250 scholarships to college-bound students.
Applications and a complete list of requirements are available at Guidance Counselor’s office of each high school and at the Schodack Democrats’ website www.schodackdemocrats.com.

Deadline:    April 20, 2012    
Submit Application To:
                                 Schodack Democratic Club Scholarship
                                 PO Box 145
                                 East Schodack NY  12063

A squeaky wheel, greased

"I found out what happens when you try to stand up to OFT," says former employee Leo LaMountain.

By James M. Odato  Published 09:40 p.m., Saturday, April 7, 2012

ALBANY -— Leo LaMountain may not have been cut out to be a state employee.
His bosses ended his three-year stint at the Office For Technology in January when he was terminated for insubordination. So he's out $37,800 a year, and living on weekly unemployment checks of $393, a benefit the state appealed four times.
"I found out what happens when you try to stand up to OFT," he said.
His experience in the public sector introduced him to union and government bureaucracy, he said, and the pitfalls of speaking out about co-workers napping and watching videos, and managers joining in. His abbreviated state employment followed almost four decades in the private sector in sales, home construction and printer repair jobs during which he said he was never punished for disruptive behavior.

Ludicrous: Lower bar, higher pay

Nice work if you can get it!

Fred LeBrun, CommentaryPublished 08:10 p.m., Saturday, April 7, 2012

Because most of us fervently believe a pay raise for state legislators is utterly ludicrous and arrogant to the nth degree means we should worry all the more. You bet they're going to try.
This remains, after all, Planet Albany, where ludicrous and arrogant are not deal killers, but merely challenges in public perception that need professional adjustment.
Granted, more public money in the pockets of state legislators who just lately stuck it big-time to the wages and benefits of fellow public employes while protecting their own job security through bogus redistricting might take more of a lift than can be done this year. But rest assured it won't be for the lack of trying, and not just by legislators.